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I think the possibility of Sting having a run in WWE is open again now that they're trying to be family-friendly again. Even though they're way past their prime, I'd dig a Sting vs. Undertaker match.

Damn, you are right. I forgot how massively over as a face Owen Hart was at this time. Of course, this meant Russo had to immediately turn him heel again and stick him in the Nation of Domination. Since everyone knew Austin was getting the title at WM14, I always thought they should have had Shawn vs. Owen for the title with Owen getting the title victory and HBK winning it back at No Way Out. They could have even played the Austin angle in the HBK/Owen rematch, mentioning Owen's recent history with Austin (yeah, it would have reminded people that Owen was a dick heel, but remember, Vince said shades of gray).

I always wondered what happened to Mr. Perfect's push when he came back in 2002. They advertised his return at the Royal Rumble to much fanfare and had all new vignettes for him and everything. As mentioned, he was one of the last three remaining in the Rumble in 2002 and even helped eliminate Steve Austin. All the sheets at the time said he was due for a feud and a match with Austin at WM18. And in a scary sort of continuity for the WWF, they were supposed to be playing off their interaction with each other that was going on when Hennig suddenly jumped to WCW in 1996. But then all of a sudden, him and Austin have a nothing match on Raw the night after No Way Out where he loses, but the nWo interferes and they don't play off Hennig's past history with the nWo at all. And then he's jobbing in 5 minutes squashes to people like Test and Tajiri and ended up in the WM18 dark match with people like Justin Credible, Albert, and Scotty 2 Hotty. This just kept going until the Plane Ride From Hell(©, 2002) in May got him shitcanned. By that point, he was only doing Heat anyways. I think his last WWF match was getting killed in 3 minutes by Matt Hardy. I'm guessing the nWo coming in fucked up those plans and Stephanie's creative genius suddenly didn't know what to do with him, but weren't they negotiating with Hall, Nash, and Hogan way before he came back? It just never made sense to me.

WWF Intercontinental Championship Jeff Jarrett vs. Razor Ramon(©) I.R.S. vs. The Undertaker WWF Championship Bret Hart vs. Diesel(©) WWF Tag Team Championship Tournament Final Tatanka & Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Bob Holly & The 1-2-3 Kid 1995 Royal Rumble, featuring: Adam Bomb Aldo Montoya Bart Gunn Billy Gunn Bob Backlund The British Bulldog Butch Crush Dick Murdoch Doink the Clown Dr. Tom Pritchard Duke Droese Eli Blu Fatu Henry Godwinn Jacob Blu Jimmy Del Ray King Kong Bundy Kwang Lex Luger Luke Mabel Mantaur Mo Owen Hart Rick Martel Shawn Michaels Sione Steven Dunn Timothy Well

Does anyone know if WWE still has Droz under any sort of deal?

Add Stephanie McMahon's assistant. From F4W:

Yes. A.J. Styles said when he was offered one (and turned it down) back in 2001, it was $500 a month. It's probably a little more than that now.

Jim Ross reported in his blog that both Mickie James and Gerald Brisco were involved in separate car accidents on the way to Omaha after Raw.

Wow, Vader was massively over as a face. They went nuts when his music hit.

So, to recap: -- Mike Posey -- D-Lo Brown -- Bam Neely -- Kevin Keenan -- Jimmy Korderas -- Val Venis -- Tim White -- Kevin Thorn -- Gavin Spears -- Mike Kruel -- Sgt. Slaughter -- Ron Simmons -- Mickey Henson -- Matt Cappotelli

No, that was Great American Bash. Booker faced Kanyon earlier on in this show. Here's the entire card: Juventud Guerrera vs. Lt. Loco (Chavo Guerrero) for the Cruiserweight Title Norman Smiley & Ralphus vs. Big Vito in a Handicap Match for the Hardcore Title Daffney vs. Miss Hancock in a Wedding Gown Match Chuck Palumbo & Shawn Stasiak vs. Kronic for the Tag Team Title Kanyon vs. Booker T. Mike Awesome vs. Scott Steiner for the U.S. Title Vampiro vs. The Demon in a Graveyard Match Shane Douglas vs. Buff Bagwell Hulk Hogan vs. Jeff Jarrett for the WCW Title Goldberg vs. Kevin Nash Booker T. vs. Jeff Jarrett for the WCW Title

Well, maybe not a true "legend" at that point, but Mr. Perfect came pretty close a few years back as a surprise entrant. Yep, 2002. He was one of the last three in the match with Kurt Angle and Triple H. I think he actually eliminated Steve Austin.

Slaughter will probably be re-hired once the recession wears off. Simmons doesn't make sense to have under contract when he's just showing up once every one or two months to say "DAMN!" He'd be better off in a pay-per-appearance deal. He's having hip replacement surgery later this month, so it's not like he can wrestle for TNA.

So Shelton jobs to Undertaker again in a non-title match. So when do we get the eventual title match where Shelton wins thanks to help from whoever is facing UT at WM25? This shit is so predictable.

It's only a fantasy scenario. It's not an accidental reveal. And Bischoff has admitted he got the idea for the nWo angle when he was watching a UWFI invasion angle in NJPW when he was scouting talent for Starrcade 1995.

The "World Title" status of the ECW Championship was informally withdrawn when Chavo Guerrero appeared in the Royal Rumble last year. Seriously, are we going to have this argument again? I apologize for for discussing, not arguing, shit on a message board that was obviously designed for anything but discussion... It's not that, it's just we have this same "discussion" if you will every two to three months that get us no where. Must be difficult to ignore. Hulk Hogan was a World Champion and was in the Royal Rumble. The fact is that you can't say the ECW Title isn't a World Title simply because the champ is in a Royal Rumble match. Stop acting like you're above criticizing. That's an idiotic argument. Hulk Hogan was in those Rumbles when they didn't decide who got the title shots at WrestleMania. The WWE/World Champion has never been in a Rumble after 1991. I figured you were smarter than that. It's very obvious WWE doesn't view the ECW Title these days on the same level as the other two. And when they tried to, nobody in their right mind thought The Undertaker was going to choose to face Bobby Lashley for the ECW Title in the main event of WM23.

WWE Tag Team Championship Finlay & Hornswoggle vs. John Morrison & The Miz WWE United States Championship Matt Hardy vs. Chavo Guerrero ECW Championship Triple Threat Match Kane vs. The Big Show vs. Mark Henry World Tag Team Championship Match Hardcore Holly & Cody Rhodes vs. Ted DiBiase & ?????? WWE Intercontinental Championship Chris Jericho vs. Kofi Kingston WWE Women's Championship Mickie James vs. Katie Lea Burchill World Heavyweight Championship Edge vs. Batista WWE Championship Triple H vs. John Cena

Chris Harris is full of fucking shit. There were pictures of him wearing that singlet in dark matches months before he was put on TV.

It was typical Russo booking. They debuted attacking Taka and told Taka to go get a partner. So he got Bradshaw and they did some wacky vignettes of Bradshaw westernizing him. Of course, once it came time for the match, Taka turned on Bradshaw and joined them with no explanation.

I wouldn't count on seeing that on 24/7 nowadays. I do believe that was the point he was making.

From PWI: Triple H defeated John Morrison in a Table Match. There was a scary incident during the finish. HHH pushed Morrison off the top rope and Morrison was to land back first on a table that was set up on the floor. Morrison missed the mark and only grazed the table, flipping it over. He had a very visible spot on his back. They re-did the spot and it went right the second time. After the match, The Miz came out and distracted HHH. Chavo Guerrero snuck out and put HHH through another table. GM Vickie Guerrero confronted HHH backstage and told him he still had two matches left. The Undertaker defeated Shelton Benjamin with a tombstone in a non-title match. Not a squash. Shelton gets some offense in and actually escaped a Last Ride attempt. A Tazz interview with Edge is shown. The Bella Twins defeated Michelle McCool & Victoria after one of the twins rolled up Victoria after she missed a moonsault. McCool put a serious beatdown on Victoria after the match and hit her with her Styles Clash. Triple H defeated Chavo Guerrero & The Miz in a Handicap Match. Chavo walked out on Miz and HHH fed Miz a pedigree for the win. After the match, GM Vickie Guerrero comes out and tells HHH that his last match is a Last Man Standing Match against The Big Show. MVP hosts the VIP Lounge with guest, Mr. Kennedy. Kennedy makes fun of MVP and plugs his shitty movie again. After the movie plug, several men come out to repossess all of his set pieces. Kennedy tells MVP to cheer up because it could be worse. The Boogeyman pops up and gives MVP a pumphandle slam. Carlito & Primo defeated The Brian Kendrick & Ezekiel Jackson to retain the tag titles. The Big Show defeated Triple H in a Last Man Standing Match after connecting with the knockout punch. This means Triple H will not be allowed to compete in the Royal Rumble (at least, for now). Post-Taping Dark Match saw Jeff Hardy defeat Edge with the swanton.

I like how in a Rumble with so many jobbers, Rick Martel, Owen Hart, and Bob Backlund were all eliminated within 30 seconds of arriving.

Goldberg demanded to renegotiate his contract shortly after the fingerpoke of death and didn't show up again until the Bret Hart angle in Toronto. That's why he disappeared. They gave him a 5-year deal that originally wasn't supposed to expire until May 2004, but he took a buyout in early-2003 to sign a 1-year deal with WWE.

Go watch her on the Saturday Night's Main Event that's up in TV Classics. She is smoking hot there.

Whatever happened to that movie HHH went off to film in 2003? That Jornada del Muerte or whatever?